Staff Cloud Engineer
$161,000–$249,500 year
On-siteSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
Job Summary
Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale AWS cloud platforms supporting mission-critical university systems. Define long-term cloud infrastructure roadmaps to improve scalability, reliability, security, and cost optimization while architecting Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform. Build and maintain enterprise CI/CD platforms, develop automation to eliminate manual work, and design observability strategies including centralized logging and alerting. Partner with application engineering and cybersecurity teams to build cloud-native architectures using Kubernetes and serverless technologies, implementing secure-by-design controls and governance. Troubleshoot complex production issues, lead performance optimization and disaster recovery initiatives, and mentor senior engineers through technical leadership and architecture reviews. Establish engineering standards and serve as a technical advisor for cloud modernization efforts.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 10+ years of progressive experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering environments
- 5+ years of hands-on AWS engineering experience supporting large-scale production environments
- Deep expertise designing and operating highly available cloud infrastructure
- Extensive experience building Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Strong Linux systems administration experience
- Experience building and operating enterprise CI/CD platforms
- Strong programming or scripting experience with Python, Go, Bash, or similar automation languages
- Experience supporting mission-critical production systems with high availability requirements
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across multiple teams
- Excellent communication, documentation, and architectural decision-making skills
- This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours)
- This is an in-office position located in Salt Lake City, UT
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